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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-10-14, Page 3A THANKSGIVING EXC ANGE ley NANCY X3YBD TURNER, One crisp November noon two bug- the old Darien piece and carne to a gips were traveling down the Herleyl stop 'in front of the door, he :could t eilplice, Not only were the, vehicles stand it no longer, While Mr. Dodson full un front, but they carried each a was helping 'his wife and the Tittle passenger M the bath, When' .the boys ,out, Oliver serainbled from under Dunn buggy slowed flown to tarn into the pile of robes and rushed round to the .hill road, the Dodeon buggy drew the front of the buggy. Grandmother up beside it, and the two drivers, old' Dodson, who had come out to welcome the guests, peered over her spectacles. "Who as this , you have brought Along?" she said. Father and Mother Dodson were so busy getting together their wraps and robes that they did not look at Oliver, who stood just behind them, red and wretched. They thought grandmother was pretending not to know Jane, "That's our good Ht:tl•e gii9," Mra• Dodson 'said c'heerful'ly, "She always travels here behind us, you know, as snug as a bug in a rug." • At that, Oliver longed to sink into the earth. Grandmother Dodson came closer and peered at him, ,while the e twins, bursting with curiosity, gazed at him with solemn faces. Tien Jane's father and another turned and eau Oliver did not wait for any ques- tions. "Jane is all right," he said, choking, "Only -she's at my grand- father's instead of hers." Then he told the whole story. Meanwhile, the 'Dunn '-boggy had stopped before the big farm gate, "Roll out of there, old man!" called Grandfather Dunn. "I don't know what I'd do if Sdidn't have a grand- son to open the gates for me when I go traveling round." When he had called twice he got out himself and came round to the back of the buggy to see what was the matter. What he saw almost made him fall over, big, .hundred -up old man though he was. "Bless me, Maria!" he called to his daughter, in a queer voice. "What in the world does this mean?" Then Jane's story came out. It was all she could do to keep from crying, but when she saw Grandfather Dunn's fat sides shaking she began to laugh, and two big salt tears ran into her mouth. "What shall we do about it?" said Oliver's another. "Do about it?" echoed Grandfather Dunn. "It's too late now to do any- thing about .it. But I suppose we can rind a wishbone or something for our company.' His fat sides kept vn shaking. About the sane time Jane's father and mother decided that they would keep Oliver. No She wanted to eat a cold Thanksgiving dancer; Late that afternoon the two ve- hicles drew up beside each other again Mr. Dunn and Mr, Dodson, stopped far a chat, The 'two passengers at the rear were much pleased when they found themselves side by side;; Little Jane Dodson, snugly tucked in with robes, looked at Oliver Bates, who, was alto snugly- Melted in, and laughed and crinkled her nose, "I'm going to have Thanksgi'viing dinner with my grandfather," the ex- pl'ained. "So. ani I,"- said Oliver, "with my grandfather, He carne for pie and my mother. There is a hot brick' at my feet," he added, Jane could not ,bear to think that there was no hot brick at her' own feet. - "You just ought to feel it," said Oliver. "It's fine." • Jane, did not know what to reply. Then she said: "You just ought to feel how easy it is to stretch.a little and touch my father's heel." Oliver began to squirm under the robes that covered'hiin. "I can tench my grandfather's heel," he said. Jane almost disappeared from view. Presently she struggled back into a sitting position. "I can touch the heels of my twin brothers," she reported calmly. Oliver 'was silent; he had no twin brothers. "Let's change seats for a minute," he proposed. Mr. Dunn and Mr. Dodson were talking about -crops. Olaf _Mr, Dunn was deaf,, and so the conversation was rather loud. "Hurry upl" Oliver urged. "My grandfather always talks about the apple crop, but now he's talking about the wheat. There's plenty of tine." So they chan`•ged. Oliver slipped quickly into the back of the Dodson buggy and fat little Jane scrambled over into the back of the Dunn buggy. It was easily done. But just as Jane began to feel the warmth of the hot brick through the soles of her stout little shoes, and just as Oliver succeeded in kicldne the heels of one of the twins, an un- expected thing happened. Old Mr. Dunn suddenly said, "Giddap!" to gray Robin, and at the very sante instant Mr. Dodson said, "C.ome up, Patsy!" find off went both buggies as hard as they could' go, rattling down the turn- pike, and each of then had the wrong ' on the Hawley turnpike. The grown child in the back. I people Were neighing; but •at first Before the two astonished children! there was silence at the back of the- -could hecould get their breath they were out' buggies. Later on, though, after the -of sight of each other. The Dunn bug -I two little passengers had changed gy went rolling away round the corn-' seats again, and while Mrs. Dodson - er, and the Dodson buggy went dash- ing off down .the pike. Here was a pretty state of affairs! At first Jane called shrilly; but the road was stony, and the wheels were rattling at such -a rate that no one heard hex. As for Oliver, he was too much 'ashamed to tall; he merely sat with his head buried in, the robes, and kept silent. Old Mr. Dunn and his daughter kept up such a loud and lively talking that, after a while, Jane despaired of ever making them hear her. In the other vehicle, one of the twin boys climbed up and stared out of the little window in the curtain. "Dane's gone," he said, in a tone of great surprise. He kept on saying at until Mr. Dodson reached down and caught hold of the' toe of Oliver's shoe. "Oh, no!" he said. "Jane's not gone. I have her foot in my hand." Oliver heard le' all. He felt the band . on his shoe, -and he saw the round, unbelieving eyes of the small Dodson boy staring at him through the little window; but still he was too mortified and miserable to say a word. When the vehicle at last turned in at •and Mrs. Bates were comparing notes about bens, Oliver; spoke up from his place. "You have a very good grandfather and grandmother, Jane," he observed. "Yoursare good, too," Jane said kindly. "The dinner was fine," Oliver went on. "I suppose we had ten dishes." "We had twelve," said Jane instant- ly, "We had the biggest turkey in the world," Oliver continued. "We had the two biggest ducks," came from the other buggy. "And the biggest pumpkin pies and---" Jane's voice faltered. She was almost asleep. Just then Grandfather Dunn said, "Giddapl" loudly to old Robin, and Er. Dodson snapped his whip over Patsy's back. The Dodson buggy went rocking ahead of the other; but before it was out of hearing Oliver leaned far out of his place and shout- ed another' message to -Jane. • "We had the finest plum pudding that anybody ever saw!" he called. A faint voice floated back through the frosty night air. "So did we!" cried Jane. October. October hurries lightly by, A wreath of berries on her head; Scanning the cloudy autumn sky; October hurries tightly by. The foliage attracts her eye - Rich copper, 'gold,`+e • flaming red; October hurries lightly Zr, A wreath of berries on her head.. With these she decks her russet gown, Ali, ruthlessly, she doe's not spare; Seizing each leaf, she pulls it down. With these she decks her russet gown, And weaves Herself n golden crown, Till many shivering boughs are hare. With these she declts.her russet gown, All, ruthlessly, she does not spare. y - Military Operations Have Been' Suspended A despatch from Riga says:-Mila- tary operations between the Poles and Lithuanians . have ceased, it is an- nounced at Polish headquarters here. This statement was made in connec- tion with an announeement that the ,Allied Mission on the Polish-Lithuan- mini question had arrived at Suwalki. Autumn Song. Turn now to sleep -the air is filled with dreams; Over the meadow grass the small winds •creep With scarce a sound,the yellow sun- shine clings 'Along trees where stili' birds rest with folded wings, And on a withering branch a robin sings Of sleep, Turn now to sleep -for darkness will be soon, And mists like thoughts that 'slumber. Mortals keep With lighted lamps a watch on wintry hours; But you shall turns with ell your trees and flowers And garnered sunshine, to the quiet bowers Of sleep, Oh, the happy days of boyhood When we harvested the 'corn, When the golden tinted maples Brazed out at early more; When mother did the cooking, While we were standing by, And watched the rihoh crust rising FROM RED TRAIC. OF WAR TO IRQSPERITY'IN WESTERN CANADA Tholisands of Canada's s0141er sons, returned to the paths of peace, have availed themselves of the oppor- tunity provided by the Soldiers Settlement Board of establishing, theanselves on farms throughout the Dominion, Tho above pictures give a good idea of so= of the homes and farms oWned by these soldlers, (1) is the home of Edward Livesay, a lieutenant In the 49th ljattallou in North Saanich; Vancouver Ysiand. Ile has 20 acres and is prospering, (2) shows W. W. Latter• on'lhes furan at Moore Park, Men. -(3) is Mrs. Gallagher, who is taking the place of her hero, husband, killed at the front while sorvta,}g with the 29tb Battalion, She has aeel-acre farm at Matsqul Station, B.C, where she is tilting up'dairying. She is the tenant of the Matsqul toxin adjoining'an'd is seen among part of a crop of carrots•. (4) The peat home of A. J. Mee arthy, Regina District, Sask. . Thanksgiving. Now gracious plenty rules the e board, And in the purse is gold; By multitudes, in glad accord, Thy giving is extolled. Ah, suffer me to thank Thee, Lord„ For what Thou dost withhold! 1 thank -Thee that howe'er we climb There yet is something higher; That though through all our reach of time We to the stars aspire, Still, stall beyond us burns sublime The pure sidereal fire! I thank Thee for the unexplained, The hope that ,lies, before, The victory that is not gained - 0 'loather, more and more I thank Thee for the unattained - The good we hunger for! I thank Thee for the voice that sings To inner depths of beim; For all the upward spread of wings, From earthly bondage freeing; For mystery -the dream of things Beyond our power of seeing! Will Sink Russian Ships on Sight A despatch from London says: - A Beitis'h ultimatum to Russia, threat- ening to sink Russian warships and submarines on sight if they appear in 'the vicinity of NikolaiefF on the Black Sea, has been handed to Leonid Kras- sin, the Bolshevist emissary an Lon- don. The note, according to Kress:in, was from Earl Curzon, the British Secretary for Foreign Arairs, The message is regarded in some quarters as a declaration of war. "The note,' said Krassin, "declared that it has been reported to the British Govern- ment that a Russian subnttavine has been sighted off Nikolaieff, and fur- ther states that if this is so it will be sunk, as will all Russian warships, on sight." Krassin has forwarded tho note to Moscow. Reparations May Be Adjusted at Geneva A desp'atoh from Paris says: The. French Government, according to the Foreign Offiee, continues open to Ger- man suggestions for a settlement of reparations, but so far none of the proposals submitted is deemed wor- thy of serious oonsiderabton, - There will be no definite refusal to negotiate directly with 'Germany. The German and French Ambassadors are constantly in touch with both Govern- ments, but up to the present no plans have, been arranged for a meeting prior to the Geneva conference, which will fax the total sum of the repara- tions. - n Another Span Over St. Lawrence A despatch from Montreal says: - Definite steps, towards the construc- tion of a new bridge across the St. Lawrence from the feet of McGill street to the property of the Harbor Board on the south side, with a middle way on St. Helen's Island, were taken at a meeting of the eoentnittee representing the various ,bodies inter- ested with the Harbor Commission. The estimated cost is put at $10,000,- 000, and aid is to be asked from the city and Provincial Government; while it was declared' that the Dominion Government should • shoulder the major part of the burden. --r�---� Italian King Demonstrates His Democracy A despatch from Paris says: --King Victor Emanuel of Italy has cancelled the college education of his son and has ordered .him to learn a ,useful trade. POLLY'S THANKS- GIVING. nnrw@va The last trunk had gone, the last giggling` girl had climbed into the bus and the school settled into a dreary, discouraged silence, Polly Evans sat disconsolately in a chair. Everything was as dismal as possible, and if she were sure Ann Elizabeth, the Maid -of. ell -work above stairs, would not pop into the room she would have a good cry, Pollyonly been ,at Hill Crest y had Y Girls' School a week 'and, of coarse, it was silly 'to go all the way from Toronto to Parry Sound for Thanks- giving. But, nevertheless, a tear trickled down her nose and splashed on the French grammar open in 'her lap. "Fat lot I have to be thankful for!" she thought, bitterly, Only two teachers were staying over the holidays, and every' •girl except Polly had gone, dropping delicious hints of the celebration in store for them. If Polly had been et school from the beginning of the terns, surely some of the girls would have carried her off for Thanksgiving, but she scarcely knew them, Another tear chased the first one, when a sharp rap at the door made her swallow hard and fly for her handkerchief. "Come in!" she called, and in came Ann Elizabeth with a big parcel. There was a box of candy from dad, a little fruit cake from mother, a gay little book from Bob, a feather from the turkey and a jar of ginger cookies. Polly blew her nose vigorously and decided to cheer up.. Taking the book and a handful of cookies, she wean down into the study and curled up be- fore the fire. It was too bad the teachers she cared for least were stay- ing -everything was too bad, but she was -fourteen and a young lady of the world, and must make the best of it. The book was very exciting and she soon forgot that to -morrow was Thanksgiving. Suddenly mixed in a hazy way with the characters of the story, she became aware of a deep, pleasant voice talking in the entry. "Didn't Jane get -my telegram? Gone to Betty's for Thanksgiving? Pshaw! Here I am stranded in To- ronto without a soul to cheer me up! Well, guess I'll be going," "Better go lin there by the fire and rest a bit," Miss Warren suggested apologetieally. She felt that some- thing should be done in the principal's absence, but she was a vague little person and could think of nothing else to suggest. It was 6 o'clock and all at once she had 'brilliant idea, "Per- haps you'd stay for tea," she added anxiously. Polly peeped around the edge of her chair. The jolliest sort of a person was coining into the room. "Hullo!" he cried, catching sight of her. "You -str'a'nded too? I'm Jane's Uncle Bob. Say, how'd you like . to adopt me' for a day?" The idea of adopting such a tali, grown-up gentle- man sent Polly, into a gale of merri- ment, and by the time Mess Warren returned to announce supper they were, chatting away like old friende. Dinner was very exciting and Mr, Kenyon kept every one laughing, but, best of all, before saying good -night, Uncle Bob had obtained permission to borrow Polly for Thanksgiving. What a day it was! Dinner at the largest hotel Polly had ever seen, then out to the football game, supper and then to the theatre. Such adventures! "I never was so thrilled in my life;" wrote the little girl next day in her letter home, and Uncle Bob, let me tell you, enjoyed himself as much as Polly, Heading for the Cross -Benches. Mayor McBride, of Brantford, who has decided to forsake the Government benches in the Ontario Legislature. I3e alleges that the Attorney -General tried to curb his reference to Hydro Radials and that there is considerable dissatisfaction among organized labor. The Biggest Blessing, I think I'm thankfulest of all For this old house of ours: The maple.' by the garden wall, The borders Bull of flowers; The front doorsill that's hollowed out By many passing feet; The •different pictures hung about, Wiibh faces kind and sweet. The firewood's flame is red• and gold And makes a spicy smell; There's nothing half so clear and cold As water from our well; And through the window, sleepy niighbs, Just at the stairway's head, A white star like a candle lights Me safely up to bed. So brightly all my blessings shine That many thanks I give:- But ive=But mostly for this home of nine Where I was put to live. TO FLY FROM HALIFEX TO VANCOUVER Picture shows the big machine which is being used by. Col. Leckie in the Trans -Canadian flight. Col. Leckie, whose photo is inset, will fly from Halifax to Winfiijleg. Markets of the World Wholesale Grain, Toronto, Qet,-Magiteba gate's" Ne, 2, OW, 72%c; Ne, 3 OW, 08%4; extra No, 1 feed, 07%e; No, I Seed, 00%e; No. 2 feed, 68%c, In store Fort Wliliaan, , bfagite,he bailee -No, 3 OW, $1,08; No, 4 CW, $1.02i%; rejected 93%e; feed, 91%e, in ebore tort Wil/lam, Mam'itoba wheat ,No, 1 Northern, $2 21%' No. 2 Northern, $2,19%; No, $ Northern, $2,11%.1; NI, 4 wheat, $2.04%, in store Port William, American corpse -No. 3 yellow, $1.80, nominal, track, Toronto, prompt slap- meat, Ontario oats -No. 2 white,, '64 to 680, Ontario wheat ---Na. 2 Winter, 32.05 to 32.15; No. 2 Spring, 32 to2.10; s'lsipping points, according to freights,h Peas-No. 2, nominal. Barley -31.10 to $1,15, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2,, nominal, Rye -No. No. 8, $1,65,"nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -02,50 flour --$12,50 top patents, $12 Government standard, Ontario flour -$9 leuhik, seaboard. Millfeed•-Cm lots, delivered Meet, real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $64; shorts, per ton, 354; good feed flour, $3.50. Provisions -Wholesale, 'Smoked meats -Hams, meds, 47 to 50o; heavy, 40 to 42e; cooked, 64 to 68c; rolls, 34 to 860; eottage rolls, 41 to• 43c; breakfast ,bacon, 50 to 56e; fancy 'brealtfast. bacon, 56 to ..62c; backs, plain, 62 to 54c; ,boneless, 64 to - 58e. Cured Meats -Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27e. Lard -Pare tierces, 30% to 81e; tubs, 31 to 31%e• pail's, 31% to 31%e; prints, 30 to 301 c. Connpouncletierces, 31% to 31%e; tubs, 241/,1 to 241,ec; pails, 24% to 24%c; prints, 27 to 28c. Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Creamery, fresh•made sol- ids, 55 to 57c; prints, 57 to 580; No. 1 dairy, 47e. . Eggs -Current receipts, 56 to 580. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 35c; roosters, 23c; fowl, 25 to 30c; ducklings, 35c; turkeys, 45 to '50c; squabs, doz., $5.50. ' Honey -23 to 28%e per'db. for 80 and 60 Ib. pails; 23i/z to 24c for 10 lb. pails, and 24 to 25c per Ib. for 5 and 2% lb. smile. Wholesalers are now selling to the honey trade, 60 lb. tins at from 26 to 27c per lb.; Ontario. comb honey et $7.50 pee 15 section case. Ontario honey -5 lb. pails, 29c lb.; 2% ib. pails, 30e per lb. Live poultry -Spring thickens, 28 to 30c. Montreal Markets. Oats -No. 2 Can. West., 94c; No. 3 Can, West., 92c; flour, new standard grade, 312.50; rolled oats, 90-1b. 'bag, 34.20; bran, 349.25; shorbs, $54.25; hay, No. 2, per ton, oar lots, 338. Live Stock Market. Toronto Oct. 12.--Chviice heavy steers, 314 to $15; good heavy steers, $12.50 to $13; butchers' cattle, choice, $$12 to $18; do, good, $10.50 to $11.50; do, med., 38 to 39; do, coin., 36 to 37; bulls, choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good, $9 to 39.25; do, rough, 6 to $8; but- chers' cows, ,choice, 39.50 to $10; do, feeders, best,8.25 o310.25 to 311.25; Eto do, 90d lbs., $9.75 to 310.25; do, 800 lbs., $9 to $9.50; do, com., $7 to $8.50; canners and 'cutters, 34.50 to $5,50; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do come and med., 365 to 375; lambs, yearling, $8.75''to '$10; dd,' spring; 313:50 to $13.75; calves, good to choice, $17 to $19; sheep, $8.50 to $8.25; hogs, fed and watered, $20.25; do, weighed off oars, 320.50; do, f.o.b., 319.25; do, 'country points, $19. Montreal, Oct. 12. -Butcher cows, need., $5 to 37.50; canners, $3 to $4; cutters, $4 to $5; butcher blebs, come, $5.25 to 36; good veal, 313 to $16; med., $1.0 to $13 grass, 35.50 to $6.50; ewes, $6.50 to $7; lambs, good, $12.50 oom., $5.26 to 36; hogs, off car weights, selects, $20; sows, 316. Revenue for Month of August Doubled A despach from Ottawa says: -The grand total of inland revenue accru- ing during the mouth of August was 311,292,476, according to a statement issued from the Federal Department el Customs and Inland Revenue. Last ,August the grand total was 35,240,- 418. The total excise revenue during the month of August was $3,807,132, Of this amount 32,497,147 accrued from the excise tax on tobacco, and $403,660 from spirits. Mishap in Trans- eontinental Flight A despatch from Fredericton, N.B., nays: -The Fairey float -type seaplane, in whish Col. Leckie, D.S.O., director of flying operations of the Canada Air Board and Major Basil Hobbs, D,S.O., started the transcontinental air flight from Halifax, crashed into the St. John River at Whelpley's Point, 20 miles southeast of St, John. Col. Leckie and Major Hobbs escaped without injury. Jack Frost has kisses d the pumpkin- . vine And all its ,leaves are brown, 'But now on pumpkin pits we dine When every feast they crown. So sweet, so rare, we gladly praise The fruit like globes of gold, That ripens in the autumn days, When winds' are keen and cold. It's a Great Life If You Don'r Weaken By Jack Rabbit 1 h10Tt'CED -fHAT's(OUNG MAO' ST/h`(>rD VR -t LAT AGAIN ETHEL. ... ; � I ,fir HN - sem" i VelAb SHOWiI�IG KM ThE rAHlt..Y AuUM AND THE PICTURES P12O1+1 -(HE COUNTRY L AeT `(.EAR •�• - c.ai C ' ,r. aL'�Y',•l'. .- �'4 � S .ler. YA4� •?1 �r;lk�r dR�tl .--- ;! N£xT TIME HE DROPS AROON9 Te. 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The discovery of helium forms' a fa s- nalug sry of solentifio investiga- tion, n es f a - tion, Sir Norman Lockyer, the Wen& famous astronomer, who died a tow weeks ago.at the age of eighty -tour, was the first' man to reveal to the world the gaseous atmosphere of the sun. _ In 1868, during his observations of a total milpse of the sun, he discover• ed in the sun's atmosphere the gas which later became 'mown as helium, from the Greek word meaning the sun element. How Discovery Was Made. Sir Norman Lockyer's wonderful discovery was made in the following way: - Tho rainbow effect which can be seen through the triangular glass is known to scientists ad the solar epeo- trum, and when an instrument called the spectrosoope became perfected, other phenomena of the sun were ob- served, particularly during an eclipse, and photographed. When the photo- graphic plates were developed and the record examined, a bright yellow Iine was discovered. Investigation failed to identify the line with any element on earth, and it was attributed to some metal in the sun. The mystery of this line puzzled Sir Norman and other scientists for a number of years. Interest in it was again revived when a scientist Investi- gating the gases from a mud volcano in the neighborhood of Vesuvius no. ticed the same bright yellow line. Thus it was identified as something which came out of the earth as well as the sun. The secret was not revealed, how- ever, until nearly thirty years' after Sir Norman Lockyer's oslginal dia. covery, when the eminent British scientist, Sir William Ramsay, dis- covered It by accident: He was mak- ing certain investigations is connec- tion with a mineral known as olevelte, which Is a variety of uraninite or pitch-blende, the mineral from which Mme, Curie obtained radium. From this mineral he developed certain gases which revealed the brilliant yel- low line of the sun and the volcanic gases which had aroused so much he terest. Other metals were tried, some of which. revealed the same yellow light, And so the discovery was made that the mysterious yellow line represent- ed an hitherto unknown gas which generated from the sun as well as from the earth. Safety In the Air. With the exception of hydrogen, helium is the lightest gas known. It does not, like other gases, require to be mixed with other properties to Im- prove its, power and utility. It is cheaper than other gases and -it will not explode. • This means that airships of the future will no longer be in danger from explosion or fire when exposed to heat or a spark, and that the gas can at any time be handled with im- punity. Helium was ultimately found in hot springs, and in the air, while the minerals in which It was discovered were found to be alike in one respect, the radiations from them could be made, like radium, to reveal them- selves in the darkness. Up to the pre- sent, however, the demand for Inseam has bean far greater than the supply. For that reason Great Britain has co- operated with America to develop the known sources. It Is hoped before long to fill dirigible airships' with a gas which is absolutely impervious to fire and explosion, and which will thus revolutionize aeronautics. October. Come out, boys, 'core out; Get all the troop together, • The day is great and the sun isbright Say, it's October weather. Buddy Jones -go get him quick, And Bill -there he',s a ealling, The burrs have burst, the Wind lehigh, And the ripest ones are falling. Hurry them up; get all ,the bunch And bring them out-where'•s ?eel Nuts on the ground ore easy to get - The sweetest the .highest grow. Snout or squirrel, which one will win? It's the first the there that lands. Bet a squirrel% feet should never beat A scout With his Bead and hands. There's fun in the woods on. a day like this; Miss•15? Who ever dreamed miss?; Nature's In love with the whole wide wand, For Winter gave fres a k'is's. Come out, boys, came out, It's a dandy sight to see The colors that Nature has wrought • And splashed on every tree, O Westminster Abbey costs *ouseli of pounds annually to bat kept lit " Van " •.else., 1,% The eer'oplaune nlarriage is the .arra ash, Dee naturally .excititlg- vit}I th nv!iirster tying the knot and the Al' looping the loop. ry • �,, • At every turd the maples burn, W. The resell ,is whistling free, a The partridge whirs, uta the frost burs d'si,l Are drapping for you and rue. .11 hlllyho; aielgh 0l flallyhoi -' On iC oar Okl ,q,3ci morning.